Manifolding sales book



Aug. 5, '1930. E. K. Bo'rTLE 1,772,031

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK l med sept. 14, 1921 s sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR 2 15 1 M11/wm ATTORNEY l I 5, 1930. E, K, BQTTLE 1,772,031

Filed sept 1 4 1 9 21 Aug. 5, 1930. E, K. BOTTLE 11,772,031

Fi-led Sept. 14. A192] 3 Sheetvs-Sheet' 3 INVENToR J T BY Q Z* ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 5, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE j EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, F ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES :BOOKA COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTOONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION" OF ONTARIO, CANADA MANIFOLDING SALES ,BOOK

y Applicatonfled September 14, 1921. Serial No. 500,496.

i provision 'of a simpleand efficient construction for manifolding books wherewith the same may include standard partscapable of being readily assembled to provide a complete Ibook for making three copies at one writing or a complete book for making four copies at one writing. v l

Other objects will be inpart obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. v

The invention yaccordingly consists in the features ofV construction, y' combinations of elements and arrangement of `parts which will be exemplified in the construction herein-` after set forth, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the followingclaims. Y

Iny the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein similar reference characters refer to similar Yparts throughout the several views, l

Figure luis a perspective view of a manifolding sales book embodyinglthe invention; Fig. 2 is al perspective viewl illustrating the manner of associating` therecord leaves and transfer-leaves of Fig. 1, formanfoldm0H Y l `3 isa detail showing the manner of attaching the transfer, sheets; f

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view.v in perspective showing a manner of associating a single -transfer sheet with a set of record leaves which may be employed; I,

Fig. 5 isa diagrammatic view in perspective showing the vmanner of utilizingga folded transfer sheet withihree record leaves which may be employed,

Fig is a diagrammatic view in perspective showing the `leavesfof the main sets ofk record leaves attached together in a somewhat dierentmanner fromr that oflFig. 1;..-

`Fig.7 yis a detail view illustrating a manner` of'removably attaching one of the setsv of record leaves to the support;

the main setsof leaves; and n Fig. 9' shows a furtherv modification yof Fig. 1. Y

" Referring now more specifically .to they drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a support which may be made of stiff material as heavy paste-board, and the numeral 2 indicates a similarly stiff *back hinged to. thevsuppo'rt lat 8 kand adapted to lie in superposed relation lto the latter. In practice, thev backing and support may be covered' withl cloth-,to give av finished appearance and.v provide against wear, andthe hinge between the two may be formed by aconnecting part of such cloth. At 4 is indicated a cover which may be connected to the support 1 `by the .cloth referred to so as to form the flexible part 5 ywhichenables ,the cover to be turnedinto posltionoverlying the support 1.

v:Removably fastened to the back l2 are a plurality of setsof record leaves forming a main pad indicated generally by thegnumeral Fig. 8 shows a different arrangementfor 6. For fastening the main pad 6 to the back '.2 aA spring clamp carried by the back'may .be provided, this clamp gripping. the stub ofthe pad and holding itvfirmly. on the back lso as to move therewith on `the hinge 3.' t The pad .6 is composed of a plurality of mainsets vso` of record v-leaves,.each set including three record leaves, in superposed relation as shown in Fig. 1, where thethree record leaves of one vset referredfto, are indicated by the numerals 8,9 and 10. One of these lthree leaves, as the ,leafl 9, is somewhat longer than the othertwo to provide a stub portion 11, and the stub'portions of theleaves of each maink set are bound together as by the staples n 12. The second and third leaves of each set f are connected to the bound leaves and are;

thereby held in the pad, and consequently in the book, by the bound leaves. In the elnbodiment illustrated in Fig. lthe original leaf 8 on which the inscription is ymade and connecteditogether along the line 13 which l is transverse to the axis ofthe hinge 3:, the

sheet being Yweakened at the fold 13 to facilitate tearing the leaves 8 and 9 apart. Also in the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, the third leaf 10 is intermediate the original and duplicate leaves 8 and 9 and is pasted to the upper face of the under, or duplicate, leaf adjacent the fold 13, the numeral 14 indicating a portion of the pasted area. Thus it will be seen that the three record leaves 8, 9 and 1Q are connected to each other and may be readily torn, as one, from the pad along the weakened line 15 in the duplicate leaf. While the intermediate, triplicate leaf 10, may be made of opaque material similar to the material of the leaves 8 and 9, the triplicate leaf is usually made of translucent material so that inscription on one face may be read through the thickness of the leaf. At 16 is indicated a supplemental set of record leaves which are adapted to be superposed in manifolding relation with the leaves of the main sets. The leaves 16.1nay be of tissue and provided by a thin supplemental, or second, pad of tissue leaves, which is removably attached to the support 1 alongside the main pad and on the side of the latter opposite the hinge 3. With this disposition of the supplemental pad'it will be seen that the leaves 16 thereof work from a position at the side-of the main sets, opposite the hinge 3 and at an angle to the line of conneotion between the original and triplicate leaves 8 and 10, the leaves 16 being movable sidewise of the main pad into and out of superposed relation relative to the latter.

It is to be understood that any suitable disposition of transfer material may be employed for transferring impressions from the original to the other record leaves in superposed relation. In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 two transfer leaves are indicated at 17 and 18, these leaves being carbon transfer leaves coated on both faces. The transfer leaves work from a position at the side of the main set of record leaves into manifolding relation with'the latter as illustrated in Fig. 1, and it will also be observedV that in the same figure the transfer leaves work from the same side as do the leaves 16 of the supplemental pad. The transfer leaves 16 may be operatively attached to move with the main pad on its hinge 3 and to this end they may be stitched at one side to a sheet of relatively heavy manila paper 19, Fig. 3, which may be bound in place by the staples 12 so as to form a part of the main pad. The sheet of manila 19 underlies the record leaves of the main pad so that the transfer leaves come into operative manifolding position by extending between the main pad and thesupplemental pad in the form illustrated, Fig. 1.

The operation of the embodiment illustraed in Fig. 1 will now be understood. The original and triplicate leaves 8 and 10 are liftedr and the transfer sheet 17 laid upon the duplicate leaf 9. Thereupon the triplicate leaf 10 is placed against the upper face of the transfer sheet 17 and the transfer sheet 18 is laid upon the upper face of the triplicate leaf. Then one of the supplemental leaves 16 is moved into positionon the upper `face of the transfer` leaf 18, whereupon the original leaf 8 is permitted to fall upon the upper face of the supplemental leaf 16. The arrangement will be clear from Fig. 2. An inscrip.

tion upon the original leaf 8 will then be duplicated upon the leaves 9, 10 and 16. .After inscription, the folded end of the original and duplicate leaves may be grasped and these leaves torn from the pad along the weakened line 15. Thereupon, or even before removing the main set, the main pad and the` back 2 may be rot-ated on the hinge 3 so as to permit the leaf 16 to drop on to the upper face of the support 1, in which position it Vwill be held out of the way and kept flat by the return of the back 2 into superposed relation on the support 1. Thereupon the book is ready to be set, for a second inscription. In Fig. 5 the numeral 20 indicates'a transfer sheet which may be heldito the pad as areA the two transfer sheets depicted in Fig. 2, so as to work from a position at the side of the main sets. The sheet 2O has an extended portion 21 which is integral with the attached part 2O and is adapted to be reversely folded into superposed relation with the record leaves. The operation of a sales book equipped with the modification of Fig. 4 is substantially similar to that explained in connection with Fig. 1 except it will be observed that the transfer extension 21 takes the place of the transfer sheet 18 of the latter figure. y Y

If only three records of the inscription are sought, the transfer leaf 17 or the transfer sheet 2O may be utilized in connection with the main sets of record leaves in a manner which will be clearly understood from the foregoing. It is observed in this connection, however, that the supplemental pad 16 and the transfer. sheet 18, as well as the extension 21, will not interfere with the operation of the book asV a triplicating book. Thus the present invention, in addition to providing for as many as four records of the original writing, also provides a book in which standard parts, such as the pad 16 and the transfer be .employed in connection with the record y leaves of the main pad for obtaining records in triplicate as just explained. Of course, it is to be understood that the single transfer sheet 22 may be attached to the pad as are the leaves 17 and 18 of Fig. 1.

Instead of pasting the' triplicate leaf 10f tothe upper face of the duplicate leaf 9 as ilduplicate as indicated in Fig. 8, where they original and duplicate integrally connected leaves are indicated by the numerals 34 and 25, the intermediate leaf 26 being pasted to the upper face of thev duplicate along the shaded area 27.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 9 the construction is similar to thatillustrated in Fig. 1, except that in the former figure the transfer sheets work from the side of the book opposite the supplemental pad, and the intermediate or triplicate leaf isattached, as by beingpasted, to the top, or outer, end of the original leaf 8. In Fig. 9 the supplemental pad of tissue leaves is seen at 16 working from the left hand side, as in Fig. 1. The two transfer sheets are indicated by the numerals 30 and 31, these vsheets coming'from the right handside and being held to the pad of main recordl leaves in a manner similar to that hereinbefore explained in connection with Fig, 1. vIn Fig. 9, however, the setting of the book for inscription is as follows: The lower transfer sheet or leaf 31 is disposed on the upper face of thejoriginal record leaf 9; thereupon one of the tissue leaves 16 is placed upon the transfer sheet 31 and then theupper transfer sheet 30 is placed on the inserted tissue leaf. Then the triplicate, or intermediate, record leaf 32, together with the original leaf 8 to which it is pasted along the area indicated at 33, is placed upon the upper vface of the transfer sheet 30. y

Insteadl of having the two transfer sheets worlr'from the same side, one might be attached lto the stub of the main set so as .to

work from the top end ofthe book, the otherY Working from the side. Y

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished among 'others the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made inthe above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this inven tion could be made without departing from the scopethereof, it is intended that all matter contained inthe above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall` be interpreted as illustrative and not in a thus into manifolding relation with the latliiniting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A nianifolding book including, in combination, a plurality ofvmain sets of record leaves, a supplemental set the record leaves of which are adapted to be placed in manilfolding relationwithj those of the main-set, aand-"transfer inaterial adaptedto transfer Y, inscription from one to another of super# fposedfrecord leaves,;each main set includingl three* record leaves, in manifolding relation.

one of which leaves 4is bound tothe book and ,thel second-and `third of wliichare connected to the first tobe held.l in the bool; thereby, two of said'three leaves beinglincluded in a folded sheet, the otlier'leaf being pasted to the g- Alatter adjacent the fold, the' leaves of said supplemental@set. working .from a position at the -sideofsaid main sets, at an angle to the line of connectionA of saidotherleaf, said transferv material including two'transfer -Yleaves lworking froma position atv the same sideasthesupplemental leaves'. Y

. 2.. In a manifolding book, in combination,

afmain pad having record leaves arranged-in l a pluralityof main sets and mounted soA as to swing in one direction; asupplementalset yof record leaves mounted to swing at an angle to the plane ofswinging movement of the leaves ofthe main sets and to move'thus into lmanifolding relation with the latter sets`,land

a transfer sheet mounted to swing subs'tantially. in theplaiie of the swinging movement of the leaves ofsaidl supplemental s`et and working from :imposition-at the side vof said main sets so as to be moved into over-lapping manifolding Arelation with the leaves oflsaid main s'e'tstupon saidpad.

3. In a manifolding book, in combination, a niain pad having record leaves arranged in a plurality of main sets and mounted so 'as to swing in one direction, a supplementalV set of record leaves mounted to swing at an'angle n to the plane of swinging movement of the 'leaves of the main sets and to move thus into manifolding relation with the latter sets, andy a transfer sheet mounted'to swing substantially in the plane of the swinging movement of the leaves of said supplemental set andv in a plurality of main sets and mounted so i as to swing in one direction, a supplemental i set of record leaves mounted to swing at an,Y

angle to the plane of the swinging movement r of the leaves of the main sets and to move ter. sets, and av transfer sheet mounted to swing substantially in the plane of swinging rmovement of the leaves of said supplemental set and working from a position at the side of said main sets so as to be moved into overlapping manifolding relation with the leaves of said main sets upon said pad, a supporting back for said main pad mounted so as to swing with the pad to permit the leaves of the supplemental set to be swung into storage` position "beneath said supporting back, and

said transfer sheet being carried for swinging movement with said supporting back.

5. In a manifolding book, in Combination,

a main pad having record leaves arranged in a plurality of main sets and mounted so as to swing in one direction, a supplemental set of record leaves mounted to swing at an angle to the plane of swinging movement of the leaves of the main sets and to move thus into manifolding relation with the latter sets, and a transfer sheet mounted to swing substantially in the plane of the swinging movement of the leaves of said supplemental set and working from a position at the side 0f said main sets so as to be moved into overlapping manifolding relation with the leaves of said main sets upon said pad, a supporting back for said main pad mounted so as to swing with the pad to permit the leaves of the supplemental set to be swung into storage position beneath said supporting back, and said transfer sheet being carried for swinging movement-with said supporting back, both the supplemental set of record leaves and the transfer sheet being positioned at the same side of the main pad.

In testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. 

